Recent posts by Virginia N. Sherry | sherry@siadvance.com - SILive.comtag:profile.silive.com,2015:siasherry/82606842015-03-03T22:38:56ZMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advance9 things to know about Pleasant Plains, home to historic Mount Lorettotag:www.silive.com,2015:/southshore/index.ssf/3752.152348532015-03-02T18:08:54Z2015-03-02T18:08:54ZSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- This South Shore neighborhood was named "after the Staten Island Railroad built a station in the 1860s at a bend in the Amboy Road," according to late historian Marjorie Johnson. Here are a few other fast...siasherryhttp://connect.silive.com/user/siasherry/index.html
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- This South Shore neighborhood was named "after the Staten Island Railroad built a station in the 1860s at a bend in the Amboy Road," according to late historian Marjorie Johnson. Here are a few other fast...
Staten Island Sunday: Sights and scenes in Pleasant Plains, on the South Shoretag:www.silive.com,2015:/southshore/index.ssf/3752.153539932015-03-02T18:05:43Z2015-03-02T18:05:43ZSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Sights in Pleasant Plains looked beautifully peaceful early Sunday afternoon, as snow started falling in soft light flakes just after noon. Only a few cars traveled the campus of historic Mount Loretto, as visibility quickly diminished...siasherryhttp://connect.silive.com/user/siasherry/index.html
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Sights in Pleasant Plains looked beautifully peaceful early Sunday afternoon, as snow started falling in soft light flakes just after noon. Only a few cars traveled the campus of historic Mount Loretto, as visibility quickly diminished...
Find it: Can you tell us where these photos were taken on Staten Island?tag:www.silive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/2039.152514032015-02-23T18:21:25Z2015-02-23T18:21:25ZSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- We're back with another Find It, the informal contest that was popular with SILive.com readers last year. For this inaugural 2015 round, here's your only hint: The eight photos in the gallery were all shot at...siasherryhttp://connect.silive.com/user/siasherry/index.html
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- We're back with another Find It, the informal contest that was popular with SILive.com readers last year. For this inaugural 2015 round, here's your only hint: The eight photos in the gallery were all shot at...
Historic brick facades on the East Shore offer a glimpse into Staten Island's historytag:www.silive.com,2015:/eastshore/index.ssf/3758.152452702015-02-21T15:00:16Z2015-02-21T15:00:16ZSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Is this attractive brickwork -- spotted on buildings in Dongan Hills, Rosebank and South Beach -- the work of Italian-immigrant artisans who settled here and perhaps worked construction on the East Shore back in the day?...siasherryhttp://connect.silive.com/user/siasherry/index.html
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Is this attractive brickwork -- spotted on buildings in Dongan Hills, Rosebank and South Beach -- the work of Italian-immigrant artisans who settled here and perhaps worked construction on the East Shore back in the day?...
Seniors 'steaming' about unsafe conditions in building at Cassidy-Lafayette Houses in New Brightontag:www.silive.com,2015:/northshore/index.ssf/3682.152529292015-02-20T15:20:48Z2015-02-20T15:20:48ZResident at 105 Cassidy Place in New Brighton calls for better maintenance at NYCHA development for seniors.Virginia N. Sherry | sherry@siadvance.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Defective pipes that seem to defy fixing are creating unsafe and troublesome conditions for the...siasherryhttp://connect.silive.com/user/siasherry/index.html
Resident at 105 Cassidy Place in New Brighton calls for better maintenance at NYCHA development for seniors.Virginia N. Sherry | sherry@siadvance.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Defective pipes that seem to defy fixing are creating unsafe and troublesome conditions for the...
What is it about yellow? Preferred color of many Staten Island homestag:www.silive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/2039.150273142015-02-18T12:00:21Z2015-02-18T12:00:21Zsiasherryhttp://connect.silive.com/user/siasherry/index.htmlPothole plague leaves New Dorp Beach street 'looking like a war zone'tag:www.silive.com,2015:/eastshore/index.ssf/3758.152308212015-02-17T02:00:11Z2015-02-17T02:00:11ZSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- When Roberta Fitzpatrick said that the road surface of Center Place in New Dorp Beach "looks like a war zone," she was not exaggerating. The narrow, block-long street is riddled with potholes, up and down its...siasherryhttp://connect.silive.com/user/siasherry/index.html
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- When Roberta Fitzpatrick said that the road surface of Center Place in New Dorp Beach "looks like a war zone," she was not exaggerating. The narrow, block-long street is riddled with potholes, up and down its...
Historic 1840s West Brighton home is up for sale; Preservation League would like it landmarkedtag:www.silive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/2039.152254602015-02-16T21:40:20Z2015-02-16T21:40:20ZSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Drive along Clove Road and this early 1800s vintage home, set comfortably back from the busy street, is easily overlooked if you're not paying close attention. The historic house at 429 Clove Rd. is one of...siasherryhttp://connect.silive.com/user/siasherry/index.html
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Drive along Clove Road and this early 1800s vintage home, set comfortably back from the busy street, is easily overlooked if you're not paying close attention. The historic house at 429 Clove Rd. is one of...
Staten Island Sunday: Sights and scenes in Sunnyside on Staten Island's North Shoretag:www.silive.com,2015:/northshore/index.ssf/3682.151692612015-02-15T19:15:12Z2015-02-15T19:15:12ZSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Sunnyside was certainly sunny against a clear blue, cloudless winter sky on early Sunday afternoon, but the ferociously strong wind and bitter cold appeared to keep everyone, including dog-walkers, indoors except for this reporter on assignment....siasherryhttp://connect.silive.com/user/siasherry/index.html
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Sunnyside was certainly sunny against a clear blue, cloudless winter sky on early Sunday afternoon, but the ferociously strong wind and bitter cold appeared to keep everyone, including dog-walkers, indoors except for this reporter on assignment....
10 things to know about old Sunnyside on Staten Island's North Shoretag:www.silive.com,2015:/northshore/index.ssf/3682.151692672015-02-15T19:12:44Z2015-02-15T19:12:44ZSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- It's difficult to believe that Sunnyside was farmland back in the day, but that's the truth. Lifelong Islander Anthony Albano, a World War II U.S. Navy veteran, provided the Advance with some oral history of the...siasherryhttp://connect.silive.com/user/siasherry/index.html
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- It's difficult to believe that Sunnyside was farmland back in the day, but that's the truth. Lifelong Islander Anthony Albano, a World War II U.S. Navy veteran, provided the Advance with some oral history of the...
The 7 houses of 'New York's Bravest' on Staten Island's North Shoretag:www.silive.com,2015:/northshore/index.ssf/3682.152150602015-02-14T22:19:44Z2015-02-14T22:19:44ZSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The seven city fire department houses that serve the borough's North Shore -- all of them brick, with distinctive bright-red doors -- are located in Stapleton, New Brighton, West Brighton, Port Richmond, Mariners Harbor and Westerleigh....siasherryhttp://connect.silive.com/user/siasherry/index.html
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The seven city fire department houses that serve the borough's North Shore -- all of them brick, with distinctive bright-red doors -- are located in Stapleton, New Brighton, West Brighton, Port Richmond, Mariners Harbor and Westerleigh....
Standing room only: Homeowners packed room Wednesday evening, anxious to challenge city property tax increases tag:www.silive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/2039.151911252015-02-12T03:00:00Z2015-02-12T03:00:00ZSTATEN ISLAND,N.Y. -- Armed with official "Notice of Property Value" statements recently received from the city Department of Finance, over 100 concerned borough homeowners showed up Wednesday evening at 350 St. Mark's Place in St. George, hoping to learn more...siasherryhttp://connect.silive.com/user/siasherry/index.html
STATEN ISLAND,N.Y. -- Armed with official "Notice of Property Value" statements recently received from the city Department of Finance, over 100 concerned borough homeowners showed up Wednesday evening at 350 St. Mark's Place in St. George, hoping to learn more...
Greek food fan? Check out West Brighton 'Gyro Joint,' just opened by husband-wife teamtag:www.silive.com,2015:/northshore/index.ssf/3682.151733742015-02-11T17:29:45Z2015-02-11T17:29:45Zsiasherryhttp://connect.silive.com/user/siasherry/index.htmlHit with property tax increase starting July 1? Free workshops to review appeal processtag:www.silive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/2039.151814602015-02-11T16:45:46Z2015-02-11T16:45:46ZSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Financially pressed borough homeowners were understandably stunned to received notices in the mail from the city Department of Finance, informing them that the market and assessed values of their properties have increased. The annual "Notice of...siasherryhttp://connect.silive.com/user/siasherry/index.html
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Financially pressed borough homeowners were understandably stunned to received notices in the mail from the city Department of Finance, informing them that the market and assessed values of their properties have increased. The annual "Notice of...
Volunteers brave ice and winter cold for Staten Island homeless counttag:www.silive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/2039.151774142015-02-11T01:33:33Z2015-02-11T01:33:33Zsiasherryhttp://connect.silive.com/user/siasherry/index.htmlDemolition at Mount Manresa is back on track, Buildings Department permits issuedtag:www.silive.com,2015:/eastshore/index.ssf/3758.151769142015-02-10T23:02:47Z2015-02-10T23:02:47ZSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The city Department of Buildings (DOB) renewed on Feb. 3 the permits for demolition at the fenced-in Mount Manresa site at 239 Fingerboard Rd. in Fort Wadsworth. Work there was halted last September when inspectors found...siasherryhttp://connect.silive.com/user/siasherry/index.html
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The city Department of Buildings (DOB) renewed on Feb. 3 the permits for demolition at the fenced-in Mount Manresa site at 239 Fingerboard Rd. in Fort Wadsworth. Work there was halted last September when inspectors found...
Facing a property tax increase? You may qualify for a personal homeowner exemption tag:www.silive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/2039.151678832015-02-09T18:13:54Z2015-02-09T18:13:54ZSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Borough homeowners by now have received notification from the city Department of Finance about changes in market and assessed value of their homes that will result in property tax increases starting July 1. There are several...siasherryhttp://connect.silive.com/user/siasherry/index.html
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Borough homeowners by now have received notification from the city Department of Finance about changes in market and assessed value of their homes that will result in property tax increases starting July 1. There are several...
1700s West Brighton landmark home, one of Island's oldest, is up for saletag:www.silive.com,2015:/northshore/index.ssf/3682.151063532015-02-06T12:00:00Z2015-02-06T12:00:00Zsiasherryhttp://connect.silive.com/user/siasherry/index.htmlHis sister dead of heroin overdose, Great Kills man, 31, now devoted to recoverytag:www.silive.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/2039.151125572015-02-05T10:30:00Z2015-02-05T10:30:00ZMaryAnn Masinski reminisces about Kevin and his sister Kathleen and how was very close they were. Jan Somma-Hammel | somma@siadvance.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The loss of his older sister Kathleen to a heroin overdose last October leaves Great Kills...siasherryhttp://connect.silive.com/user/siasherry/index.html
MaryAnn Masinski reminisces about Kevin and his sister Kathleen and how was very close they were. Jan Somma-Hammel | somma@siadvance.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The loss of his older sister Kathleen to a heroin overdose last October leaves Great Kills...
Unwelcome frozen 'lake' outside VFW post on Mill Road in Oakwoodtag:www.silive.com,2015:/eastshore/index.ssf/3758.151202432015-02-03T20:57:31Z2015-02-03T20:57:31ZSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The continuing deep freeze has transformed the section of Mill Road in Oakwood, outside the SSG Michael Ollis Post 9587 Veterans of Foreign Wars building, into a treacherous mess. The site has experienced severe flooding for...siasherryhttp://connect.silive.com/user/siasherry/index.html
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The continuing deep freeze has transformed the section of Mill Road in Oakwood, outside the SSG Michael Ollis Post 9587 Veterans of Foreign Wars building, into a treacherous mess. The site has experienced severe flooding for...